Available meals made with hot water ??

coupleuk

Im looking for any meals/snacks which can be made just using hot water from a kettle.

Obviously, there is Pot Noodle.

Are there any others which can be purchased from a supermarket ?

Thanks

kingfisherblue

Eggs can be boiled in a kettle.


Pasta can be made by pouring boiling water over it, popping a lid on top, and leaving for a few minutes.


You can buy porridge, noodles, pasta and sauce, cup-a-soup and similar type meals, but many have high salt content.

Bogof_Babe

Instant mash. Nicer with a bit of grated cheese and/or butter stirred through it.

splishsplash

Couscous or egg noodles are all I can think of. You could add your own bits to make them interesting.

Do you have access to a microwave at all?

chella

I like the lemon and coriander cous cous you can get from most supermarkets. It comes in a packet and is about 60p.I just add water and let it soak through for ten mins. I add chopped cucumber and tomatoes and a blob of mayo. Nice quick and simple.

SmlSave

Rice noodles, couscous and soup.

Hemera

The only proper meal I can think of is cous cous. You just boil the water, put the cous cous in a bowl and pour the water over it. In a few minutes it's done, and you can add vegetables, cooked meat and all you want. You can add some lemon juice or stock to the water to make it more interesting.
Or you could even just soak the cous cous overnight in the fridge - you just need to leave it there with a glass of water/lemon juice and plenty of watery vegetables mixed in. It will be ready in the morning, same result.

Another thing could be noodles (but I never eat these with anything other than stir-fried meat and veg, so I can't think of a "boiler only" recipe), or pasta (smaller shapes should cook better) as a salad or served with a sauce from a jar.

Anglea

I watched a tv show on this subject and they made a wide range of dishes with boiling water into a flask, including meat stews, soups, pasta, rice, cous cous.

I tried out various recipes either into a flask or just a covered cup or bowl and found that not all the noodles were any good it depends on the make so they stayed fairly hard.

I did try meat stew, vegetable stew and other variations but didn't get the same results as they did on tv so have been sticking to putting ramen noodles or very thin spaghetti into cup a soups and having other dishes of cous cous.

A friend cooks eggs in the kettle, think you have to tip it onto the side so the eggs don't touch the element.

I was wondering why you asked this question, is it about staying in a hotel or just looking for quick meals?

PasturesNew

I often make macaroni cheese with just the kettle. There are 3-minute macaronis you can buy, but if it's a longer-cooking one, then just replace the boiling water as the water cools. Once it's edible, strain the water off and shove some grated cheese in and mix it through.

Stuffing's nice too ... but that depends how you like your stuffing. I often eat just half a packet of cheapo stuffing + boiled water and leave it for 10 minutes with a lid on. Nom!

Instant custard's one of my favourites too - slice up a banana and it's banana custard.

Bogof_Babe

Anglea wrote: »

A friend cooks eggs in the kettle, think you have to tip it onto the side so the eggs don't touch the element.

That sounds extremely dangerous! Not to mention unpleasant for the next user of the kettle.

I was wondering whether you could boil the kettle and pour a small amount of water into a mug, and drop and egg in the mug. It might remain runny though, in which case there's not much you could do about it.

PasturesNew

If I had to I'd give poaching an egg in a kettle a go - with a poach pod or some cling film that's up to the job (there are different types).